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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Echelon Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Glen M. Riley, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
Echelon Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/12 (2013.01); Y02B 90/246 (2013.01); Y04S 20/42 (2013.01); Y04S 20/48 (2013.01); Y04S 40/164 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for automated topology discovery and management of meter nodes in a power grid is described. In the discovery mode any of the meter nodes is able to act as a proxy for a data concentrator to sort out the topology, and to determine the best path for communicating between a concentrator and each of the meter nodes.